Oldest known footprints of pre-humans identified in Crete (Heritage Daily 24/10/21)
Footprints left by pre-humans, dating back at least six million years ago has been identified by researchers on the island of Crete
Lunch Break Science #35 | Shanti Pappu
Lunch Break Science is a weekly online series featuring short lectures or interviews with Leakey Foundation scientists Lunch Break Science #35 | Shanti Pappu Thursday, October 21, 2021 11 am Pacific Meet Leakey Foundation grantee Shanti Pappu and learn about the prehistory and archaeology at the stratified site of Attirampakkam in India.
First Viking settlement in North America dated to exactly 1000 years ago (Science 20/10/21)
Felled trees and cosmic rays reveal when L’Anse aux Meadows was occupied
Ancient DNA reveals the long-sought homeland of modern horses (Science 20/10/21)
Bronze Age riders trotted out their new mounts in the western Eurasian steppe
Small-scale foragers left more than footprints on the landscape (Phys.org 19/10/21)
Penn State researchers have used satellite data to identify areas in coastal southwest Madagascar where indigenous foragers altered their surroundings
Diver discovers crusader sword (Heritage Daily 18/10/21)
A diver swimming off the HaCarmal coast in Haifa, Israel, has discovered a crusader sword dating from 900 years ago
The oldest Acheulean evidence in North Africa (Phys.org 07/10/21)
A new work published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, led by the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) in collaboration with the Centre National de Recherches Préhistoriques, Anthropologiques et Historiques (CNRPAH) (Algeria), describes the most recent advances in the current investigation performed in the valley of Oued Boucherit, located about 20 km…
Lunch Break Science #34 |Alba García de la Chica
Lunch Break Science is a weekly online series featuring short lectures or interviews with Leakey Foundation scientists Lunch Break Science #34 |Alba García de la Chica Thursday, October 7, 2021 11 am Pacific Meet Leakey Foundation grantee Alba García de la Chica and learn about the mechanisms that allow the maintenance of pair bonds and monogamy in…
Line and hook fishing techniques in Epipaleolithic Israel (Phys.org 06/10/21)
Humans in the Middle East were using complex fishing tools and techniques by 12,000 years ago, according to a study published October 6, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE
Face to face with the prehistoric inhabitants of El Argar (Heritage Daily 06/10/21)
Our faces contain information about our family history and lifestyle. For example, certain facial traits can be passed down from parents to children for generations
2,700-year-old toilet found in Jerusalem was a rare luxury (Phys.org 05/10/21)
Israeli archaeologists have found a rare ancient toilet in Jerusalem dating back more than 2,700 years, when private bathrooms were a luxury in the holy city
Late persistence of human ancestors at the margins of the monsoon in India (Phys.org 05/10/21)
The longest lasting tool-making tradition in prehistory, known as the Acheulean, appears more than 1.5 million years ago in Africa and 1.2 million years ago in India, and mainly consists of stone handaxes and cleavers